With stories coming out about people performing DIY dentistry at home or having to pay large sums and go private in order to get essential treatment or medication, a local campaign group, Toothless in Southampton has formed. The group has come together in response to growing difficulties people are...
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Preview: Victorious Festival, Southsea Common, Southsea
Victorious Festival is back at Southsea Common for the August bank holiday (August 26-28), with some of the biggest names in music joining the three-day event at the seaside location. The Stereophonics will return to Victorious for the Friday night headliner slot, marking their second appearance at the festival...
Preview: Derren Brown Showman at Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The multi-award winning master of mind control and illusion, Derren Brown, is at Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 26 to Saturday 30 July with his one-man show, Showman. The content of Showman remains a closely-guarded secret, but Derren reveals: “The heart of the show is about remembering what’s important. Like how...
Shirley Men’s Shed in Southampton officially throws its door open
Shirley Men’s Shed, a Southampton based charity was officially opened by the Mayor of Southampton, Councillor Jacqui Rayment yesterday (July 14). Shirley Men’s Shed has created a community space where people can connect, converse and create. The charity’s aims are to combat loneliness, improve mental health, foster new friendships ...
Win a family ticket to Jurassic Encounters in Southampton this summer
Dinosaurs are set to roam in Southampton this summer – and we have a chance for one family to encounter them for free. Royal Victoria Country Park in Southampton will see T-rex, Velociraptors, Stegosaurus and Pterodactyls roaming through its parkland, when Jurassic Encounters comes to town next month. Stomping...
Preview: School of Rock at Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s smash hit, award-winning West End show, School of Rock – The Musical, comes to Mayflower Theatre from Monday 18 to Saturday 23 July. Featuring 14 new songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber, and all the original songs from the movie, this high-octane smash delivers face-melting guitar riffs...
Satvir Kaur, leader of Southampton council, is new Labour candidate to be city MP
Words: Sally Churchward. Picture: Chris Moorhouse. The leader of Southampton City Council, Satvir Kaur, was elected this morning to become the new Labour Party parliamentary candidate for Southampton Test. A new candidate was selected following the announcement by current MP for Southampton Test, Dr Alan Whitehead, that he would...
July events at Southampton’s October Books
As well as offering a huge range of books and other goods, Southampton’s independent radical bookshop, October Books in Portswood always has a packed schedule of talks and other events, both in the shop and online and July is no different. The next date for your diary is the...
Positive Money film festival coming to Southampton this summer
A Positive Money Film Festival comes to Southampton at the end of this month. Positive Money exists to encourage education and discussion about banks and the financial system in Britain. The Solent Branch is presenting this festival so that people in the Solent area have an opportunity to see...
Southampton community bakery to hold ‘bake-off’ competition to raise funds
A community bakery in Southampton is hosting a bake-off style competition for amateur bakers this month (July 2022) to help raise funds for new baking equipment. CommuniBakes, which is the commercial arm of the charity Communicare, is hosting the competition on Saturday, July 30 and the winning bake will...